Well boring, spudding, and bailing apparatus



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WELL BORING, SPUDDING, AND BAILING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 25. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 24, 1931 PATENT OFFICE annee nsAwYER AND JOHN w`.sM1TH, or INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS ,wenn BORING, sPUDDING, AND BAILING APPARATUS Application led February 25, 1928.` Serial N'o. 256,952.

This invention relates to Well boring, spudding, and `loa-lling apparatus, and more articular-ly to an improved combined Spud ing reel drum, bailing reel drum, spudding mechanism and means for operating said parts.

An object ot this invention is to provide a spudding or drilling reel drum, a bailing reel drum and a spudding attachment, and

also convenient, simple means orapplying le power te said parts from a common source,

all of a simple, durable and inexpensive charactor, compactly arranged and adapted to facilitate eiiicient co4operation.

A further object being to provide a spudding attaclnnent that may be quickly and readily connected with or disconnected from the driving mechanism, to permit its operation independently of the spudding and bailing reels.

`Another object of this inventionis to provide means whereby the spudding operation, which prepares the `contents of the well for hailing, may be `promptly followed by said hailing operation, thereby avoiding the usual i 5555 delay, and loss of the effect of the spudding.

A further object being to provide a spudding attachment, so located and arranged as to permit its prompt application to the spudding or drill tool line, and operation through the same driving means that operates the spudding line drum.

A further object being to provide simple,

common driving means for the spudding and hailing reels, of such a character as will insure against simultaneous operation of said parts, yet of such a construction as to permit the drive or release of either reel, immediately, without affecting the other.

These and other objects will appear in the V tollewing specification and be finally pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that slight changes in form and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the Spirit of `this i invention.

Similar numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings in which i Fig. lis an elevation of a well cleaning apin accordance with this parat-us constructed invention. y

Fig. 2 is aside view showing in dotted lines the swing of the rocker arm and spudder arm.

Fig. 3 is a detail section on line 8-3 of Fig. 1. n

`Figs. 4 and 5 are details of the rocker arm and spudder arm respectively.

By reference to the drawings, it will be noted that the detail manner of mounting the parts has not been shown, it being under-l stood that while uprights l forming a part of the usual tower, appear in the drawings, it will be obvious that if greater portability is desired,` appropriate uprights adapted to support the parts may be permanently or removably mounted on the front or rear of a motor Vehicle (not shown) or in any man` ner, required by conditions.

Under the old practice a well is drilled by a tool suspended at the lower end of a line, secured at its upper end to a rocker beam adapted to lift and drop the tool.

Ifya well becomes clogged up, or for any reason requires cleaning out, after arranging the necessary mechanism including a spudding reel and other parts above the well, a spudding tool, having considerable weight, is secured at the end of a line, and lowered l into the well. Said spudding tool is adapted to be raised and `lowered to mix the liquid and `solids in such a manner as will permit the` hailing operation.

The manner of lifting andlowering the tools during drilling or spudding has been very objectionable, and especially so in spud-` ding. Said old method consists of jerking the tool up and letting it drop, causing severe anddamaging jar to the mechanism and frequent breaking ofthe line, causing delay and expense, as well as requiring a much heavier and more expensive line than is required with this improved attachment.

After the spudding has been performed, it has been the practice, to raise the spudding tool, remove said tool from the end of the line, attach the bailer and lower same into the well for its usual purpose. In other instances the hailing tool, which requires a much lighter loo l Brake applying lever 16, being mounted in line than the spudder, is operated from some inconvenientposition, or adjustment of the. machine must 'be made yto bring the bailing reel'and other parts into a position to prop- Y erly function.

All of the above objection-able features and others, experienced with other mechanisms The Vspudding reel consists of the drum 6,:k

having lthe usual end flange 7 and a brake drum'8, on which is mounted band brake member 9, provided with brake applying lever 10 mounted in any preferred manner, convenient to the operators hand or foot as required. The spuddingreel is loosely mount- V ed on shaft 2 and is provided with a clutch member 11 adapted to mesh 'with a clutch,

which will be described later. The bailing reel consists of the drum 12 having the usual end flange 18 and a brake drum 14,0n which brake'band 15 operates.

' any preferred manner convenient to the operator.` The bailingreel is loosely mountyd on shaft 2 and is provided with a clutch member 17 on the end of said reel. adjacent to the spudding reel.` l

' On power shaft 2, between thel adjacent ends of the spudding and bailing reels, each being provided with clutch members 11 and 17 respectively, is splined a gear 18, adapted to be driven by a preferredform of motive power (not shown). Integral with gear 18 isa double faced clutch provided with Vclutclfi members 19 and 2O adapted to engage the clutch members 11 of the Aspudding reel or 17 of the bailing reel, or rotate free of both, its movement being accomplished byclutch lever 34 operating in the usual groove 3.5 in the clutch, and pivotally mounted in any preferred manner.

The spudding mechanism consists ofV a crank arm 22 rigidly mounted on the power shaft 2. A rocker shaft 23V is mounted in vthis instance in bearings 2a on the uprights 1, and is provided at its'end with a rocker arm 25, in which a bearing slot 26 is provided.` A. sliding bearing block 27 in which bearing pin 28 operates, is mounted to slide lin slot. 26,

pin 28 being mounted in one of a seriesI of openings 29 near the end of crank arm 15.

A spudder arm 30 is rigidly mounted on f rocker shaft 23 and is provided with a pulley 31 rotatably mounted on stud 32 carried in one of a series of openings near the free end of the spudder arm.

Loosely mounted for both rotary and lonY gitudinal movement on shaft 23 is a pulleyBBL A 'spudding line must `be of greater strength than the bailing line While a short portion of i said lspndding line is shown on thedrawings,

`their 'relative weight and thickness is indi- 'a spudding line wound on spudding reel 6,

and running over pulley' and a pulley (not shown) arranged directly above the well, is lowered into the well by gravity, reel 6 being free of the clutch, and its speed controlled by brake -lever 10.` A Y TWhen the spudding tool is at the proper depth, the spudding line'is taken from pulley 33 and is brought into engagement kwith pul ley B1 on spud'ding arm 30.

. Pin 28 is Ypassed throughone of the openings 29, into block 2 7 as shown, and rotary movement is applied through vgear 181:0 shaft 2, which causes crank arm22 `to rotate and swing rocker arm 25 and spudder arm30.

VThe spuddingline which is in engagement with pulley 31 with one end held onl reel 6 will cause a drawing upland lowering of the spudding tool inthe well and a very elfective spudding operation.

it win be noaa um the uma of move;

ment of the arm BOis approached in a manner to insure the'stopping andstarting of the tool in such a manner as to avoid all to the parts.

lWhe'n the spudding has'been completed, the spudding line is shifted from pulley 31 to pullej,7 33, pin 28 connecting crank arm 15 and rocker arm 25 is withdrawn, clutch member 19 is brought into enga gement with clutch member l1 on reel 6 and the spudding tool is quickly brought to the surface.

Vimmediately upon the 'removalv of the spudding tool from the well the bailing tool is dropped. by gravity under control ofV brake lever 16 into the well, said latter operation being so promptly accomplished, that the minimum amount of settling of the muddy mixture inthe well is permitted.

Having described the invention, what. is claimedand desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the classdescribed, comprising al power shaft, a spudding reel adapted to receive aspudding tool line, a bailing reel adapted toreceive a bailing tool line mounted on said power shaft, shiftable means on thc shaft and interposed between said reels, for

driving the power shaft including common means for transferring power from the power shaft to either of said reels, and means moved by the' operator for shifting the last mentioned means. Y f

2. A device of the class described, compris ing a power shaft, a spudding reel adapted to receive a spudding tool line, a bailing reel adapted to receive a. hailing tool line A.each loosely mounted for independent movement on said power shaft, means for controllingA said indepenchent movement, a shiftable member on said shaft? fordriving the `pow i;

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shaft, common means forming part of said` member for transferring power from the power shaft to either of said reels, andmeans moved by the operator forshifting the last mentioned means.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a power shaft, a spudding reel adapted to receive a spudding tool line loosely mount` ed for independent movement on said power shaft and a brake for controlling said indi pendent movement, a hailing reel adapted to receive a baili'ng tool line `loosely mounted,s for independent `movement on said power` r shaft and a brake for controlling sind indefpendent movement, shiftable means onthe shaft/and interposed between the reels, for driving the power shaft including common means for transferring power fronr the power shaft to either of said reels, and means moved by the operator for shifting the last mentioned means.

4. A device of theclass described comprising a power shaft, a spudding` reel loosely mounted for independent movement on the power shaft havinga clutch member, a bailA ing reel loosely mounted for independent movement on the power shaft having a clutch member, a driven gear splined on the power shaft having clutch members adapted to engage either the spudding reel or the hailing reel, and operate said shaft independently both reels, means moved bythe operator for receive a spudding tool line, loosely'mounted` for independent movement on the power shaft and having a clutch member, a baiting reel adapted to receive a bailing line, loosely mounted for independent movement on the 1 power shaft and having a clutch member, a

6. A device of the class described including a power shaft, a spndding reel adapted to receive a spudding tool line, loosely mounted for independent movement on the power shaft sand having a clutch member, a bail-` ing reel adapted to receive a hailing line, loosely mounted for independent movement on the power shaft, a driven gear splined on i the power shaft, and having clutch members,

said gear being adapted to rotate the shaft independently of said reels and be brought into engagement with either of said reels and a spudding `device comprising a rocker shaft, a spudder arm mounted on the rocker shaft having a roller adapted toiengage the spuddingline, a rocker arm mounted on the rockershaft, and a crank arm mounted on the power shaft in engagement with said rocker arm, adapted to rock said parts and apply a spudding movement to said line.

y 7. A device of the class described includ ing a power shaft,a spudding reel adapted to receive a spudding tool line, loosely mounted for independent movement on the power shaft and having a clutch member, a hailing reel adapted to receive a hailing line, loose-` ly mounted for independent movement on the power shaft and having a clutch member, a driven gear splined on the power shaft having clutch members, and adapted to ron tate the shaft` independently of said freels and be brought into engagement with either of said reels and a spudding device comprisu ing a rocker shaft, a spudder arm mounted onthe rocker shaft, having a roller adapted to engage the spudding line, a rocker arm mounted on the rocker shaft having a traveling bearing blockmounted in a slot therein,

a crank arm mounted at the end of thepower shaft having a bearing pin at its outer end, adapted to engage said bearing block, all adapted, when the power shaft is rotated, to

impart a rocking movement to the spudder i shaft, means for clutching the reel to said shaft when desired, a second shaft, means for moving the second shaft from the power shaft,a projecting member fast on the second shaft, an anti-friction guidemounted on the last mentioned member and spaced fromthe second shaft, and a spudding tool line engaging said guide and having one of its ends anchored to said reel, `the shafts being so arranged relatively to one another that the second shaft, in operating, will cause the guide to move the spudding lino back and forth toward and away from the second shaft. i

9. In a well rig, a power shaft, a spudding reel mounted on said shaft and adapted to receive a spudding tool line, a hailing reel mounted on said shaft and adapted to receive a hailing tool line, means on the shaft and ar anged between said reels for driving said power shaft, common means forming part of the last mentioned means for trans ferring power from the power shaft to either of said reels, and means moved by the ope `'ator for shifting the first mentioned means.

10.` In a well ring, a power shaft, a spudding reel mounted on said shaft and adapted toireceive a spudding tool line, a smaller hailing reel mountedron said shaft and adapt-l `ed tofreceive a bailing tool line, means on theV shaft and arranged between said reels, for driving the powerrshaft and including means for transferring power from said shaft.

to either of said reels, and a lever engaging the first mentioned meansand arranged to be moved by the-operator.

l1. In'a well rig, a-power shaft, a spuddingreel adapted to receive a spudding tool Y line,loosely mounted for independent movebe actuated by theoperator for holding the hailingv reel stationary while the shaft is rotating, shiftable means on the shaft interposed between sai'd reels for driving fthe power shaft including means for transferring power from the powershaft to either of said reels, and manually operated means for shiftl Y ding reel loosely mounted on the shaft, a bailing reel lossely mounted on the shaft, meansy ing the last mentioned means.

l2. lnalwell rig, a rotatable power shaft, a Y spudding reel and a smallerrbailing reelloose ly mounted on said shaft g clutch means moved by the operatorl for 'clutching either` of said reels to the shaft, 'a'rock shaft, means including connected elements for causing the rock n shaft to he actuated by the power shaft, said elements being detachably connected'topermit the power shaft to operate independently of the rock shaft,V a member` xed to and projecting from the rock shaft and arranged adjacent to the spudding reel', a guide mounted on said-member and spaced vfrom the rock shaft, and a spudding tool line engaging said guide and having yone vof its ends secured to the spudding reel.j y

V13. In a well rig, a horizontally disposed rotatable power shaft, a. spudding reel loosely mounted on said shaft, a clutch mechanism for fixedly connecting the reel to the shaft when desired, a brake for the reel adapted to` be controlled by the operator, a horizontally disposed rock shaft mounted above the power shaft, means actuated by the rotation of the power shaft for rocking the rock shaft, said last mentioned ymeans including elements adapted to be disconnected when it is desired for the power shaft to rotate while the rock shaft remains stationary, an arm fixed to theV roclr shaft, a guide roller carried by said arm, and a spudding reel line engaging said roller andihaving one of its ends fixed to said reel.

14. In a well rig, a rotatable power shaft, a spudding reel, a hailing reel, power transmitting means including clutch elements moved by the operator for clutching either of said reels to the shaft, a rock shaft, means including connected elements for causing the rock shaft to be actuated by the power shaft, said last mentioned means also permitting the powershaft'to operate. independently of the rock shaft, a member fixed-to Nand projecting from the rock shaftand arrangedadjacent to the spudding reel, a guide kmounted 0n said member and spaced from the rock shaft, and a spudding tool linewound on the spudding reel and engaging said guide, j

15. A device of theclass described, including a power shaft, a spudding reel adapted to receive aspudding tool line, said shaft being rotatable independently of said reel, means for clutching the reel to said yshaft when desired, a second shaft, means for moving the second shaft from the power shaft, a projecting member fast on! the second shaft, an antifriction guide mounted on the last mentioned lmemherand spaced from the second shaft,

and a spudding toollinewound on the spudding reel and engaging sa1dgu1de,.the shafts beingso arranged relativelyto one anotherv that the second shaft, in operating, will cause the guide to move the spudding line back and forth toward and away fromthe second shaft.

16. In a well rig, a rotatable shaft, a spudfor4 driving the shaft and said reels,said means including clutch elements controlled bythe operator for rotating either reel independently of the other, a rock shaft, means for driving the rock shaft from the first mentioned shaft, a member fixedk to and project- Aing from the rock shaft and arranged adjacent Vto one-of said reels, a guide mounted on said member and spaced from the rock shaft,

and a tool line wound on one of saidl reels and 5 engaging said guide. l

s 17 g In a well rig, independently rotatable spudding and hailing reels, a rotatable shaft on which the reels are loosely mounted, power transmission means for rotating the shaft and reels, and including clutches controlled by the operator for driving ,eitherV reel independently of the other, a brake for each reel controlled by the. operator, a rock shaft arranged above the rotatable shaft, a second power transmission means for driving therock shaft from the rotatable shaft, oneof said power transmission means including connected elements capable of disconnection to allow the reels to rotate while the rock shaft is idle, a projectingmember fast on the rock shaft, an anti-friction guide mounted on the last mentioned member and spaced from the second shaft, and a tool line wound on one of said reels and engaging said guide, the shafts heing so arranged relatively to one another that the rock shaft, in operating, will cause the guide to move the spudding line back and forth toward and away from the secondshaft.

GREGG E. SAVVYER, JOHN WV. SMTH.

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